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'Tintin and I' (French: 'Tintin et moi', also known as 'Tintin and Me') is a 2003 documentary by Anders Hgsbro stergaard, about Belgian writer-artist Georges Remi, better known as Herg, and his creation Tintin. The film is a co-production of Denmark, Belgium, France, and Switzerland.

The film is based on Numa Sadoul's revealing interviews with Herg from the 1970s, and goes into detail about Herg's life and how the success of Tintin affected it. The film is based strongly around Herg's experiences and state of mental health leading up to the writing of 'Tintin in Tibet', often heralded as Herg's most personal album. The history of Tintin is examined through Herg's life and the way that he was affected by the growing popularity of his character.

Theme



The underlying theme of the film is the way that Herg's private life affected his work; for example, Bianca Castafiore is a subconscious (or perhaps conscious) reflection of Georges' first wife, Germaine, and the way that Captain Haddock responds to her reflects the way Georges often felt towards his wife. Specifically, the mothering instinct that Germaine had toward him is shown most explicitly in 'The Castafiore Emerald'. The subject of religion is also discussed, including Georges' gradual disillusioned view of the Catholic church, and the opposition he came up against due to Wolff's sacrifice in 'Explorers on the Moon'. The influence of Chang on Georges' work is also highlighted, using reconstructed footage and actual archive footage of their meeting in 1934.

Format



Technically, the film employed a choice of graphic effects to "re-animate" video footage of Herg speaking, to match up with the audio being played (from the interviews conducted with Sadoul). Panels from the albums were also animated to allow movement through them, the plane crash from 'Tintin in Tibet' and the Shanghai street scene from 'The Blue Lotus' both being used in such a manner. Interviews are reconstructed using actors, but the viewer never sees their faces; hands and arms are used, holding the albums, flicking through them, drinking tea and the like.

Broadcast



The film has been broadcast in the UK on BBC Four and in the US on PBS.

DVD releases



In Australia, Madman Entertainment released a DVD version of 'Tintin and I' in 2007, packaged with 'I, Tintin', an interview with Grard Valet, a short film called 'The Secret of the Clear Line' and a menu-based Herg biography.

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